Theme for International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2013
Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements...
The theme aims to highlight the importance of honouring arrangements between States, their citizens and Indigenous Peoples that were designed to recognize Indigenous Peoples' rights to their lands and establish a framework for living in proximity and entering into economic relationships. Agreements also outline a political vision of different sovereign Peoples living together on the same land, according to the principles of friendship, cooperation and peace.